A possible cockroach infestation at the Ottawa Public Library’s main branch is being taken seriously by staff even though only a handful of complaints have been received
Month: October 2004
Talks continue in effort to keep detox centre open
Ottawa’s only detox centre has a new lease on life for at least six more months while negotiations take place about its future.
The children’s champion
By Robert Pilgrim
It’s been a long day,” Max Keeping confides as he sits down in his office at CJOH-TV. “I was out selling newspapers at six o’clock this morning for the Ottawa Citizen’s literacy campaign.”
But that was only the beginning. The rest of his day is chocked-full of speeches, guest appearances and fundraising events.
Sports Beat: Grey Cup recruitment efforts yards short of a touchdown
If this sounds like a commercial, it’s because it is. Well, in a sense. With less than six weeks left to game day, the city is already preparing to play host. It’s a chance it gets once in a “grey” moon. But behind the fanfare, corporate sponsorship and anticipation of watching football greats battle it out, there is much left undone. Enter the volunteers.